Miracle On The Ward!

It is kind of ironic that I am doing a Beth Moore Bible study about Believing God. The first few chapters were about modern day miracles and how many people have lost belief that God is still active and doing miracles. Many people do not believe that God still does them so they do not even ask for his hand.

I do not know for sure why God doesn't heal everyone and just some. But, I believe He is sovereign and sees the bigger picture. I believe either way - healed of not- God has a plan in it and uses that specific situation for a greater purpose either in the person's life or others around them. I would rather pray for healing and err on the side of belief even if God does not choose to heal than to err on the side of unbelief and miss something GREAT God wants to do.

That being said...let me bring you to a sick little ICU baby on the ward at 1220am, April 7, 2010. Obre came to us to be on the feeding program to gain weight for a cleft lip surgery. He had been fine on the ward the day before and started going down hill quickly so he came to the ICU and put on a CPAP to help him breath. Around 11pm the anesthetist and surgeon came as he started to get even more sick and not getting enough oxygen. They spent an hour trying to work on the baby.

At about midnight they decided they only thing left to do was to intubate little Obre. One of the nurses working (Jenny Daras) described what happened next like this:
"I was at the counter drawing up medications to intubate the baby and I heard it get quiet for a minute so I looked and saw Dr. Gary (max fax surgeon) with his hand on the baby praying." He wanted to pray for God's intervention first before human intervention was done. She thought to herself, "that's nice and a good idea", anc continued to draw up her meds. Next, she looked over and saw they had taken the CPAP off of Obre, and the oxygen saturation had gone from 50-60% to 100%! Respiration and heart rate also came down to about normal. "I would not not have believed it if I had not seen it with my own eyes," she said.

Another friend of mine working, Natalie, was also there and telling some people about it the next day. She was telling them how serious it was by saying there are only 2 reasons you decide not to intubate someone. Either you decide to let them die, or try to wait a little longer to see if there is anything else you can do. This does not just happen where a baby cannot breath even with CPAP and within a minute has normal vital signs and hardly any oxygen. The anesthatist kept telling me last night how amazing it was! What an awesome testimony to that mamma and the translators who also got to experience it. The baby was completely fine the rest of the night with normal vital signs!

"Your ways, Oh God, are holy. What god is so great as our God? You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the nations." Psalm 77:13-15

This isn't the first miracle we have seen here and it won't be the last! Praise the Lord! May this be a lesson to all of us to put our trust and strength in God and not ourselves! God wants to intervene...but do we take the time to ask? When you feel prompted to pray for someone-no matter when it is or where that person is- I hope you do not pass up that opportunity. God just may be waiting for a chance to reveal him awesome power!